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* HolidayVolunteering: The reason why Hank willingly (and gullibly) does all of the Leroy's chores while they fake being sick is because helping other people is what he believes Christmas is all about.

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* HolidayVolunteering: The reason why Hank willingly (and gullibly) does all of the Leroy's Leroys' chores while they fake being sick is because helping other people is what he believes Christmas is all about.

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* EscalatingWar: To get revenge after her personal electricity moderator is confiscated by the police (which she needs to power her OverthetopChristmasDecorations), Wanda completely coats the cop car in [[PinkIsForSissies pink tinsel]] and rewires the siren to play holiday music. When Davis and Karen go to apologize, they see that Wanda already has ''another'' way to power her decorations (connecting directly to the power grid) in addition to having activated some "eggnog bombs" in the car, leading Wanda to get ticketed and forced to power everything down.

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* EscalatingWar: To get revenge after her personal electricity moderator is confiscated by the police (which she needs to power her OverthetopChristmasDecorations), Wanda completely coats the cop car in [[PinkIsForSissies pink tinsel]] and rewires the siren to play holiday music.music (and also play automatically even when the cops try shutting it off). When Davis and Karen go to apologize, they see that Wanda already has ''another'' way to power her decorations (connecting directly to the power grid) in addition to having activated some "eggnog bombs" in the car, leading Wanda to get ticketed and forced to power everything down.



* HolidayVolunteering: The reason why Hank willingly (and gullibly) does all of the Leroy's chores while they fake being sick is because helping other people is what he believes Christmas is all about.



* InnocentlyInsensitive: When Brent asks his father if he's ever heard of Lacey's "Christmas Moose", Oscar thinks it's an insult, and retorts if Brent's ever heard of "Easter, jackass".

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* InnocentlyInsensitive: When Brent asks his father if he's ever heard of Lacey's "Christmas Moose", Oscar thinks it's an insult, and retorts if Brent's ever heard of "Easter, jackass".jughead".



* WoundedGazelleGambit: Oscar gets Hank to do his party planning by pretending to have caught Emma's recent illness and taking advantage of Hank's kindness. When Emma finds out, not only does she not reveal Oscar's lie, she keeps the act up after feeling better so Hank does all the work. [[LaserGuidedKarma This eventually leads to the town thinking they're too sick to host the party]].

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* WoundedGazelleGambit: When Hank mistakes Oscar gets Hank to do his party planning by pretending to have caught Emma's recent illness and taking "being sick" of doing chores for Emma as him actually being ill, Oscar takes advantage of Hank's kindness. kindness and gets him to do his work for him. When Emma finds out, not only does she not reveal Oscar's lie, she keeps the act up after feeling better claims to be ill too so Hank does sets up their annual Christmas party all the work.by himself. [[LaserGuidedKarma This eventually leads to the town thinking they're too sick to host the party]].
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* CreativeClosingCredits: The outro music, rather than the usual, is replaced with a festive remix. The opening credits is also slightly altered, in that the Corner Gas logo is outlined in festive lights.

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* CreativeClosingCredits: The outro music, rather than the usual, is replaced with a festive remix.remix that includes lyrics about the Holiday Moose and Pumpkin juice from the A Plot. The opening credits is also slightly altered, in that the Corner Gas logo is outlined in festive lights.



* InnocentlyInsensitive: When Brent asks his father if he's ever heard of Lacey's "Christmas moose", Oscar thinks it's an insult, and retorts if Brent's ever heard of "Easter, jackass".

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* InnocentlyInsensitive: When Brent asks his father if he's ever heard of Lacey's "Christmas moose", Moose", Oscar thinks it's an insult, and retorts if Brent's ever heard of "Easter, jackass".



* MyNewGiftIsLame: Played with in TheStinger. Brent gives Lacey a lovely bracelet as a make-up gift after the "holiday moose" plans go awry, which she loves...and she hates that she loves it, because the sweater she made was equally shoddy to the "holiday moose", and now she feels like she's in Brent's debt.

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* MyNewGiftIsLame: Played with in TheStinger. TheTag. Brent gives Lacey a lovely bracelet as a make-up gift after the "holiday moose" "Holiday Moose" plans go awry, which she loves...and she hates that she loves it, because the sweater she made was equally shoddy to the "holiday moose", "Holiday Moose", and now she feels like she's in Brent's debt.

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* AbsurdlyBrightLight: There is a very blatant flash when Wanda turns on the decorations she sets up at Hank's house, though after attracting the cops' attention, it's quickly dimmed down to something manageable.



* EscalatingWar: To get revenge after her personal electricity moderator is confiscated by the police (which she needs to power her OverthetopChristmasDecorations), Wanda completely coats the cop car in pink tinsel and rewires the siren to play holiday music. When Davis and Karen go to apologize, they see that Wanda already has ''another'' way to power her decorations (connecting directly to the power grid) in addition to having activated some "eggnog bombs" in the car, leading Wanda to get ticketed and forced to power everything down.

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* EscalatingWar: To get revenge after her personal electricity moderator is confiscated by the police (which she needs to power her OverthetopChristmasDecorations), Wanda completely coats the cop car in [[PinkIsForSissies pink tinsel tinsel]] and rewires the siren to play holiday music. When Davis and Karen go to apologize, they see that Wanda already has ''another'' way to power her decorations (connecting directly to the power grid) in addition to having activated some "eggnog bombs" in the car, leading Wanda to get ticketed and forced to power everything down.



* HomemadeSweaterFromHell: Brent describes the moose on the sweater he gets from Lacey as "crossed with Satan", the sleeves are short, and the neck hole is notably too large.
* InnocentlyInsensitive: When Brent asks his father if he's ever heard of Lacey's "Christmas moose", Oscar thinks it's an insult, and retorts if Brent's ever heard of "Easter jackass".

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* HomemadeSweaterFromHell: Brent describes the moose on the sweater he gets from Lacey as "crossed with Satan", the sleeves are short, and the neck hole is notably too large.
* InnocentlyInsensitive: When Brent asks his father if he's ever heard of Lacey's "Christmas moose", Oscar thinks it's an insult, and retorts if Brent's ever heard of "Easter "Easter, jackass".


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* PinkIsForSissies: Wanda coats the cop car in pink tinsel as part of her revenge after the cops confiscate the device she was using to manage her electricity.
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* CallBack: Just like in the [[Recap/CornerGasS3E13MerryGasmas live-action Christmas episode]], Hank once again takes up the HolidayVolunteering mantel, and once again misunderstands the situation (originally with a family that was just cheap, not needy, and this time with the Leroys taking advantage of his generosity).

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[[caption-width-right:350:"It's a Christmas Tumbleweed, okay?!"]]



* ChristmasEpisode: The episode is set on Christmas, and everyone's plots involve celebrating the holiday.
* TheCobblersChildrenHaveNoShoes: Because he's been so focused on doing good deeds and being, to quote Wanda, "a kind sap", Hank doesn't have any decorations left for his own house after attending to all of Oscar and Emma's needs. [[LaserGuidedKarma So Wanda decides to decorate his house for him]].

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* ChristmasEpisode: The episode is set on Christmas, around Christmas (specifically the 23rd and 24th of December), and everyone's plots involve celebrating the holiday.
* ChristmasLightChaos: Although Wanda's able to successfully transfer most of her decorations to Hank's house, there's a notable tangle of lights on the front yard she admits she didn't have time to fix. When party guests arrive, she claims it's a "Christmas Tumbleweed".
* TheCobblersChildrenHaveNoShoes: Because he's been so focused on doing good deeds and being, to quote Wanda, "a kind sweet, stupid sap", Hank doesn't have any decorations left for his own house after attending to all of Oscar and Emma's needs. [[LaserGuidedKarma So Wanda decides to decorate his house for him]].



* {{Dedication}}: The episode begins with one for Daved Storey, [[https://www.cornergas.com/animated-crew/ Executive Producer]].
* EscalatingWar: To get revenge after her personal electric generator is confiscated by the police, Wanda completely coats the cop car in tinsel and rewires the siren to play holiday music. When Davis and Karen go to apologize, they see that Wanda already has ''another'' way to power her OverthetopChristmasDecorations (connecting directly to the power grid) in addition to having activated some "eggnog bombs" in the car, leading Wanda to get ticketed.

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* {{Dedication}}: The episode begins with one for Daved Storey, [[https://www.cornergas.com/animated-crew/ Executive Producer]].
Producer]], who had entered (semi-)retirement.
* EscalatingWar: To get revenge after her personal electric generator electricity moderator is confiscated by the police, police (which she needs to power her OverthetopChristmasDecorations), Wanda completely coats the cop car in pink tinsel and rewires the siren to play holiday music. When Davis and Karen go to apologize, they see that Wanda already has ''another'' way to power her OverthetopChristmasDecorations decorations (connecting directly to the power grid) in addition to having activated some "eggnog bombs" in the car, leading Wanda to get ticketed.ticketed and forced to power everything down.
* ExpospeakGag: Wanda justifies her OverthetopChristmasDecorations with one. When Davis and Karen are stunned, Wanda muses aloud that an IQ test apparently isn't required for their jobs.
* GoshDangItToHeck: When Davis and Karen try to placate Wanda by returning her electricity manager and learn that she's set up her house lights without it, Karen states that "Now we're Scrooged".
* HomemadeSweaterFromHell: Brent describes the moose on the sweater he gets from Lacey as "crossed with Satan", the sleeves are short, and the neck hole is notably too large.
* InnocentlyInsensitive: When Brent asks his father if he's ever heard of Lacey's "Christmas moose", Oscar thinks it's an insult, and retorts if Brent's ever heard of "Easter jackass".



* SnowballLie: When Brent asks why Lacey has a picture of a moose, she lies and says it's part of a Christmas tradition, hiding the fact that she was using it as a reference for a sweater she was knitting him. When he inquires further, secretly wanting to give her a gift connected to her old city life, she continues to make up outlandish moose-based traditions while secretly trying to measure him. This all ultimately leads to Brent's gift being a moose skull on a coatrack they can dance around, and rum served in a pumpkin.
* WoundedGazelleGambit: Oscar gets Hank to do his party planning by pretending to be sick and taking advantage of Hank's kindness. When Emma finds out, she plays along and acts sick too, so Hank does all the work. [[LaserGuidedKarma This eventually leads to the town thinking they're too sick to host the party]].

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* SnowballLie: When Brent asks why Lacey has a picture of a moose, she lies and says it's part of a Christmas tradition, hiding the fact that she was using it as a reference for a sweater she was knitting him. When he inquires further, secretly wanting to give her a gift connected to her old city life, she continues to make up outlandish moose-based traditions while secretly trying to measure him. This all ultimately leads to Brent's gift being a moose skull on a coatrack they can dance around, and rum served in a pumpkin.
pumpkin painted to look like a watermelon.
* WoundedGazelleGambit: Oscar gets Hank to do his party planning by pretending to be sick have caught Emma's recent illness and taking advantage of Hank's kindness. When Emma finds out, not only does she plays along and acts sick too, not reveal Oscar's lie, she keeps the act up after feeling better so Hank does all the work. [[LaserGuidedKarma This eventually leads to the town thinking they're too sick to host the party]].
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* CreativeClosingCredits: The outro music, rather than the usual music, is replaced with a festive remix.
* EscalatingWar: To get revenge after her personal electric generator is confiscated by the police, Wanda completely coats the cop car in tinsel and rewires the siren to play holiday music. When Davis and Karen go to apologize, they see that Wanda already has ''another'' way to power her OverthetopChristmasDecorations (connecting directly to the power grid) in addition to having set off some "eggnog bombs" in the car, leading Wanda to get ticketed.
* InMemoriam: The episode begins with one for Daved Storey, [[https://www.cornergas.com/animated-crew/ Executive Producer]].
* LaserGuidedKarma: Impressed by Hank's displays of kindness, and after she's no longer able to set up decorations at her own house, Wanda decides to decorate his house for him and help organize a party there. Meanwhile, Oscar and Emma's party, which they had been looking forward to after manipulating Hank to do all the work, ends up cancelled because everyone believed they were sick. And when they come to Hank's party, claiming to feel better, they're asked to help set some things up.

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* CreativeClosingCredits: The outro music, rather than the usual music, usual, is replaced with a festive remix.
remix. The opening credits is also slightly altered, in that the Corner Gas logo is outlined in festive lights.
* {{Dedication}}: The episode begins with one for Daved Storey, [[https://www.cornergas.com/animated-crew/ Executive Producer]].
* EscalatingWar: To get revenge after her personal electric generator is confiscated by the police, Wanda completely coats the cop car in tinsel and rewires the siren to play holiday music. When Davis and Karen go to apologize, they see that Wanda already has ''another'' way to power her OverthetopChristmasDecorations (connecting directly to the power grid) in addition to having set off activated some "eggnog bombs" in the car, leading Wanda to get ticketed.
* InMemoriam: The episode begins with one for Daved Storey, [[https://www.cornergas.com/animated-crew/ Executive Producer]].
* LaserGuidedKarma: Impressed by Hank's displays of kindness, and after she's no longer able allowed to set up decorations at her own house, Wanda decides to decorate his house for him and help organize a party there. Meanwhile, Oscar and Emma's party, which they had been looking forward to after manipulating Hank to do all the work, ends up cancelled because everyone believed they were sick. And when they come to Hank's party, claiming to feel better, they're asked to help set some things up.



* WoundedGazelleGambit: Oscar gets Hank to help by pretending to be sick and taking advantage of Hank's kindness. When Emma finds out, she plays along and acts sick too, so Hank does all the work.

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* WoundedGazelleGambit: Oscar gets Hank to help do his party planning by pretending to be sick and taking advantage of Hank's kindness. When Emma finds out, she plays along and acts sick too, so Hank does all the work. [[LaserGuidedKarma This eventually leads to the town thinking they're too sick to host the party]].

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* TheCameo: Canadian musician Craig Northey makes an appearance to help Brent perform "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4gW8mcXmdzM Everyone Can Sing At Christmas]]".

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* TheCameo: Not in the episode itself, but Canadian musician Craig Northey makes an appearance to help Brent perform the promotional "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4gW8mcXmdzM Everyone Can Sing At Christmas]]".



* SeasonFinale: This is the final episode of Animated Season 3.

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* TheCobblersChildrenHaveNoShoes: Because he's been so focused on doing good deeds and being, to quote Wanda, "a kind sap", Hank doesn't have any decorations left for his own house after attending to all of Oscar and Emma's needs. [[LaserGuidedKarma So Wanda decides to decorate his house for him]].
* CreativeClosingCredits: The outro music, rather than the usual music, is replaced with a festive remix.
* EscalatingWar: To get revenge after her personal electric generator is confiscated by the police, Wanda completely coats the cop car in tinsel and rewires the siren to play holiday music. When Davis and Karen go to apologize, they see that Wanda already has ''another'' way to power her OverthetopChristmasDecorations (connecting directly to the power grid) in addition to having set off some "eggnog bombs" in the car, leading Wanda to get ticketed.
* InMemoriam: The episode begins with one for Daved Storey, [[https://www.cornergas.com/animated-crew/ Executive Producer]].
* LaserGuidedKarma: Impressed by Hank's displays of kindness, and after she's no longer able to set up decorations at her own house, Wanda decides to decorate his house for him and help organize a party there. Meanwhile, Oscar and Emma's party, which they had been looking forward to after manipulating Hank to do all the work, ends up cancelled because everyone believed they were sick. And when they come to Hank's party, claiming to feel better, they're asked to help set some things up.
* MundaneMadeAwesome: When Brent asks some of the townsfolk about their own holiday traditions, people like Phil and Fitzy retell "outlandish" stories about making eggnog and leaving out cookies for Santa, seemingly unaware at how common those practices actually are.
* MyNewGiftIsLame: Played with in TheStinger. Brent gives Lacey a lovely bracelet as a make-up gift after the "holiday moose" plans go awry, which she loves...and she hates that she loves it, because the sweater she made was equally shoddy to the "holiday moose", and now she feels like she's in Brent's debt.
* OverthetopChristmasDecorations: Wanda's house is covered in so many decorations and lights that the electrical interference messes with the police's radios.
* SeasonFinale: This is the final episode of Animated Season 3.3.
* SnowballLie: When Brent asks why Lacey has a picture of a moose, she lies and says it's part of a Christmas tradition, hiding the fact that she was using it as a reference for a sweater she was knitting him. When he inquires further, secretly wanting to give her a gift connected to her old city life, she continues to make up outlandish moose-based traditions while secretly trying to measure him. This all ultimately leads to Brent's gift being a moose skull on a coatrack they can dance around, and rum served in a pumpkin.
* WoundedGazelleGambit: Oscar gets Hank to help by pretending to be sick and taking advantage of Hank's kindness. When Emma finds out, she plays along and acts sick too, so Hank does all the work.
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'''A Plot:''' Brent and Lacey go to great lengths to find each other the perfect Christmas present.

'''B Plot:''' Hank gets conned into helping Oscar and Emma prep their annual Christmas party.

'''C Plot:''' Wanda goes to war with the cops over her extreme Christmas lights display.
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* TheCameo: Canadian musician Craig Northey makes an appearance to help Brent perform "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4gW8mcXmdzM Everyone Can Sing At Christmas]]".
* ChristmasEpisode: The episode is set on Christmas, and everyone's plots involve celebrating the holiday.
* SeasonFinale: This is the final episode of Animated Season 3.

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